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Letter to Sports Editor
Mr. Ijimar Oglesby
Sports Editor '
The Mercer Cluster
Mercer University
Dear Mr. Oglesby:
In reference to the 1G October 19G4 article "Sports Scope”, I
would like to bring to your attention the following glaring errors:
1. The Intramural Sports Program is under the jurisdiction and
auspices of the Department of Health and Physical Education
of the College of Liberal Arts, not the Intcrfratemity Council
(see the 1954 Intramural Constitution, to which all social or
ganizations subscribed).
2. Mr. Claude H. Smith, Associate Professor of Health and Phy
sical Education, is the coordinator of the program, not the Inter
fraternity Council or Independent Council.
3. The Interfraternity Council Constitution does not specify “that
only a national fraternity can win the first place trophy for any
sports trophy”. The Interfraternity Council may be composed of
Greek letter men’s social organizations of either national or lo
cal origin.
4. The Interfratemity Council in no way has the authority to per
mit or refuse MIMA, Ministerial Association, and Law School
groups from participating in the Intramural Program—this is in
the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Physical Ed
ucation.
5. Article XVIII of the Interfratemity Council’s Constitution
recognizes the jurisdiction of the Intramural Constitution of
September 1954 in all points of intramural activity except in
the case of the awarding of Interfratemity Council trophies to
the Greek letter men's social organizations as set forth in Article
XVII of the Interfratemity Constitution. ^
G. The presenting of Interfratemity Council trophies is nothing
more than an acknowledgement of that Greek letter fraternity
which has attained a high score or number of points among the
Greek letter fraternities in a given athletic competition. The
winning of a trophy to place on a shelf is but a secondary fac
tor to participating in the Intramural Program.
7. Just to set the records straight, the “all sports trophy” was
presented originally by a business organization in Macon and
and presented by them for several years in the early fifties;
Later in the fifties this trophy was donated by Gamma Chapter
of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, not by the Interfratemity Coun
cil. This trophy like other sports trophies (pledge) and the
Adelphos awards were not and are not under the jurisdiction
of the Interfratemity or Independent Councils but are donated
and presented by private individuals.
In the future 1 would suggest that a familiarity with the regula
tions be attained before the programs are disrupted by misunder
standings.
Yours truly,
G. L. Ware, Chairman
Committee on Student Organizations
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Intramural Scores
ATO 14
SAE
Mima 32
Ministers
STANDINGS
W
ATO
2
,
Mima
1
Phi Delta Theta
1
Sigma Nu
1
SAE
1
Kappa Alpha
0
Kajipa Sigma
0
Law School
0
Ministers
0
Outstanding
ROTC Cadet
Military honors seem to run
in the family of Donald and
Walter Hartley, 60th freshman
KOTC cadets here.
Last week Walter was named
the battalion's first outstanding
Cadet of the Week from Com
pany A. This week his brother,
Donald, won the award for Com
pany B.
Donald is a Macon resident
and is an SAE pledge and a
member of Mercer’s crack drill
unit.
He lives at 2755 Cowan Dr.
and was a cadet lieutenant at
Lanier Senio. High School. At
Lanier he was selected neatest
cadet for two years, best drilled
cadet of the year, and command
ed the platoon selected best
drilled during his senior year at
Lanier.
Hartley also commanded the
Lanier crack drill team and lead
it to a first place victory at a
state-wide meet.
Social Set
(Continued from page 4)
Alpha Delta Pi is looking for
ward to a continued thrilling year.
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA: The
past week has meant lots of thrills
and two exciting nights for the Al
pha Gams and their pledges. Wed
nesday night, Nancy Fulcher won
first runner-up in the Freshman
Talent Show, giving Alpha Gam
her third straight win in the an
nual event. Then Thursday night
Alpha Gam was proud to have
Jenny Strickland win first runner-
up in the freshman beauty contest,
and pledge Mela Pereira in the five
finalists. The pledges also elected
their officers during the week.
They are: president, Harriet
Brown; vice-president, Carol Anne
Wright; secretary, Kuthie Wilheit;
treasurer, Judy McGarity; chap
lain, Diana Rebel; scrapbook
chairman, Nancy Magdich; room
chairman, Jan Barfield; song lead
er, Phyllis Gammon; project chair
man, Parnell Dischcr; and activi
ties chairman, Helane Boyd.
CHI OMEGA'S week was high
lighted by congratulations. The
first were due to pledge Ann Har
ris who was selected Kappa Sigma
Pledge Sweetheart. Then on Thurs
day night, Chi Omega Linda Mc-
Elreath was crowned the new Miss
Freshman in the Freshman Beauty
Contest. The chapter also enjoyed
a hamburger supper at Margaret
King's on Sunday night, October
11. Margaret is to be congratulated
on being recently lavaliered.
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA has al
so begun an exciting new year, re
minding us that before anything
can become great, it must first be
small. However, it seems that this
fraternity may have seen its last
days of being small on the Mercer
campus. With the help of the Uni
versity of Georgia and a great por
tion of the Wesleyan student body,
the lambda Chi’s had a success
ful rush and pledged 13 men. Their
first pledge party was held at the
Heritage Motel on Sept 27, and
formal pledging was held on Sept
30 Since then there has been an
increasing binding of pledges and
Lambda Chi has truly started a
movement toward a position of
strength on this campus.
Chemistry Lab
The chemistry department of
Mercer University, under the di
rection of Dr. F. W. James, has
been advanced this year by the
addition of a new freshman chemis
try lab program.
This work program provides
more “sophisticated” experimenta
tion for the student than has been
previously undertaken and utilizes
a student’s capacity to think and
reason rather than merely to ob
serve. It makes use of a large
quantity of new and expensive
equipment including right mettler
analytical balances priced at $670
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each. The type of experimentsti
to be dealt with includes a stu
of radioactivity using cloud chai
be rs constructed by the studes
themselves, the experimental d
termination of the atomic wei|
of an element, the analysis of pi
perties of gases, plus many oth
difficult experimental
procedures.
One freshman chemistry stud*
offered a widespread opinion of tl
lab procedures. She said, “It is
very enlightening program whii
prepares one for a future in acieo
outside of the classroom.”
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